Marvel at the bustling penguin colony, then circle the fourstory Caribbean coral reef teeming with sea turtles, eels, barracuda, tarpon and hundreds more tropical fish Get up close to ocean animals local to Cape Cod—including sea turtles, shore birds and American lobstersThus the retreat of the ice from the islands to a position north of Cape Cod may have taken only a few thousand years By roughly 15,000 years ago, the ice had retreated from the Gulf of Maine and all of southern New EnglandIslands of New England (Providence, RI to Cape Cod, MA) (Standard) (14 destinations) Destinations Providence, Newport, Block Island, Plymouth, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard Island, Provincetown, Hyannis, Nantucket 3 more Age Range 5 to 99 year olds Country Region East Coast USA, Eastern USA, New England 2 more Travel Style A Map Of The Most Inhabited Part Of New England Containing The Provinces Of Massachusets Bay Cape cod new england map